This, on the other hand, was his purpose.
My mission, too, is one of peace.
He recalled, however, his motive.
10. To mark off words or phrases (a) in direct address or (b) in apposition. Notice, however, that in expressions like "the Emperor William," William is rather a noun limited by Emperor than a noun in apposition with Emperor.
(a) I do not understand you, sir.
I apologize, ladies and gentlemen, for my apparent discourtesy.
(b) His romantic novel, the Castle of Otranto, is now unread.
He is like me in this, that he cannot resist entreaty.
11. Before a direct quotation. See the more formal use of the colon, § 100, 1.
He kept crying, "On! on!"
As he fell, he heard some one say, "There goes another."
12. In dates, addresses, as in the following examples:—
Jan. 1, 1899.
Dr. C. H. Smith, Salem, Essex County, Mass.[4]
13. To prevent ambiguity or to make a sentence more easily understood.
Exercise 148.—I. Write two sentences (of your own composition) illustrating each of the uses described in the preceding section.
II. Give reasons for the marks of punctuation used in the following:—
One day, when he was looking for wild flowers, of which he was very fond, he heard a rustling in some thick bushes near by, and saw that some animal was moving among them. He took his gun and fired, and, going to the place, found that he had shot a lion's cub.
When his colored gun-bearer saw this, he screamed with terror, and ran away shouting, "Run, Benana! run!" Almost at the same instant, Bishop Hannington heard a fearful roar; turning, he saw a huge lion and a lioness rushing furiously towards him.